The royal crown branded on enslaved Africans: Britain’s monarchy and the slave trade

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From Elizabeth I’s backing of early voyages to royal investment in trafficking companies, generations of monarchs were central to Britain’s slave tradeEnslaved African people were seared with hot metal brands bearing the royal crown, according to research by historians who have documented the monarchy’s centuries-long involvement in Britain’s slave trade.The Register of British Slave Traders identifies thousands of people who invested in Britain’s trafficking of enslaved Africans, including king